Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia

Author : Sir Samuel White BAKER
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Total Pages : 662 pages
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Author : Sir Samuel White Baker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
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Download or read book Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel White Baker
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Total Pages : 676 pages
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Download or read book Exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia written by Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Samuel White Baker
Publisher : NuVision Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by NuVision Publications, LLC. This book was released on 1867 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel W. Baker
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Total Pages : 218 pages
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Download or read book THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA AND THE SWORD HUNTERS OF THE HAMRAN ARABS written by Samuel W. Baker and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs" is a book written by Sir Samuel White Baker. This work, first published in 1867, details Baker's explorations in the Nile River and its tributaries, specifically in the region of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) and the interactions with the Hamran Arabs, a group of people in the area. Sir Samuel White Baker was a British explorer, naturalist, big-game hunter, and abolitionist. In this particular book, he describes his travels and adventures along the rivers and waterways that contribute to the Nile's flow. Baker's expeditions in Africa were notable for their focus on geographical discovery, wildlife observation, and encounters with various African cultures.

Author : Samuel White Baker
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Total Pages : 680 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs written by Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Samuel White Baker
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Total Pages : 494 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of Th Hamran Arabs written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel Baker
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781511445580
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia written by Samuel Baker and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia" from Samuel Baker. British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist (1821-1893).

Author : Samuel White Baker
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ISBN 13 : 3734085063
Total Pages : 309 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs written by Samuel White Baker and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs by Samuel White Baker

Author : Sir Samuel White Baker
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465612793
Total Pages : 596 pages
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Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITHOUT troubling the public with a description of that portion of the Nile to the north of the first cataract, or with a detailed account of the Egyptian ruins, that have been visited by a thousand tourists, I will commence by a few extracts from my journal, written at the close of the boat voyage from Cairo:— "May 8, 1861.—No air. The thermometer 104 degrees Fahr.; a stifling heat. Becalmed, we have been lying the entire day below the ruins of Philae. These are the most imposing monuments of the Nile, owing to their peculiar situation upon a rocky island that commands the passage of the river above the cataract. The banks of the stream are here hemmed in by ranges of hills from 100 to 250 feet high; these are entirely destitute of soil, being composed of enormous masses of red granite, piled block upon block, the rude masonry of Nature that has walled in the river. The hollows between the hills are choked with a yellow sand, which, drifted by the wind, has, in many instances, completely filled the narrow valleys. Upon either side of the Nile are vestiges of ancient forts. The land appears as though it bore the curse of Heaven; misery, barrenness, and the heat of a furnace are its features. The glowing rocks, devoid of a trace of vegetation, reflect the sun with an intensity that must be felt to be understood. The miserable people who dwell in villages upon the river's banks snatch every sandbank from the retiring stream, and immediately plant their scanty garden with melons, gourds, lentils, &c. this being their only resource for cultivation. Not an inch of available soil is lost; but day by day, as the river decreases, fresh rows of vegetables are sown upon the newly-acquired land. At Assouan, the sandbanks are purely sand brought down by the cataracts, therefore soil must be added to enable the people to cultivate. They dig earth from the ruins of the ancient town; this they boat across the river and spread upon the sandbank, by which excessive labour they secure sufficient mould to support their crops. In the vicinity of Philae the very barrenness of the scenery possesses a charm. The iron-like sterility of the granite rocks, naked except in spots where the wind has sheeted them with sand; the groves of palms springing unexpectedly into view in this desert wilderness, as a sudden bend of the river discovers a village; the ever blue and never clouded sky above, and, the only blessing of this blighted land, the Nile, silently flowing between its stern walls of rocks towards the distant land of Lower Egypt, form a total that produces a scene to be met with nowhere but upon the Nile. In this miserable spot the unfortunate inhabitants are taxed equally with those of the richer districts—about fivepence annually for each date palm. "May 9.—A good breeze, but tremendous heat. Although the floor and the curtains of the cabin are continually wetted, and the Venetian blinds are closed, the thermometer, at 4 P.M., stood at 105 degrees in the shade; and upon deck, 137 degrees in the sun. This day we passed the ruins of several small temples. The country is generally rocky, with intervals of ten or twelve miles of desert plains.